South African Christian News: Telling the God Stories of Africa
More than 200 Peace Justice Witnesses (PJW) have been trained around the country to be a praying and peaceful presence on the countries university campuses over the past two weeks. These PJW’s have been the presence of the church amidst the present crisis in Higher Education – they have spent […]
SA Back to God’s Janet Bram-Hollis offers Christian students some prayer pointers they can apply while on campus to win back the Gate of Education:
Book Review by Val Viljoen I have been eyeing out adult colouring books for some time, wondering if acquiring one for myself would indeed lead to a therapeutic and fulfilling past-time. I was therefore delighted to receive Whatever is Lovely: A Coloring Book for Reflection and Worship for review. Having […]
Originally published in World Watch Monitor After a period of relative calm, violence has returned to the Central African Republic (CAR), which was wracked by near-civil war and inter-religious violence between 2012 and 2014. Fighters from Central African Republic’s largely Muslim Seleka militia attacked refugees in Kaga Bandoro, in the […]
Keith Hickman and his wife Sharon lead a vibrant life group at their home in Cape Town where Keith says they worship God with fellow believers “like they did in the early Church days, breaking bread and fellowshipping”. “And the amazing thing is that God is adding to our numbers daily,” […]
Originally published in Christian Today Bob Dylan has been awarded the Nobel Prize For Literature. The man born Robert Zimmerman has captivated audiences for over 50 years, first as an acoustic folk troubadour, then as electric iconoclast and now as an elder statesman of roots music. The biting satire of […]
Originally published by The Gospel Herald. As Islamist groups warned of reprisals for a possible acquittal in Pakistan’s highest profile blasphemy case, the country’s Supreme Court today delayed ruling on an appeal against the death sentence given to Christian mother of five Aasiya Noreen. The ruling on the death sentence […]
On Tuesday (October 11), Freedom of Religion South Africa (FOR SA) joined 50+ religious and traditional leaders invited to a meeting at the CRL Rights Commission, to discuss the Commission’s findings and recommendations following its recent controversial investigation into the “commercialisation” of religion and abuse of people’s belief systems in […]
[notice]Piperjames, public relations spokesman for the Mighty Men Conference Western Cape, reports back on the three days of ministry and fellowship at the recent MMC near Malmesbury.[/notice] On Friday morning September 23 and into the afternoon of that same day we saw a steady influx of men and boys coming to Moreson […]
[notice]A fortnightly column on marriage, family and relationships.[/notice] On the 7th of October my first born turned 13. He is a mature young man for his age and for the longest time he has wanted to reach this milestone age. We are of course thankful to the Father for keeping […]